Phonograph record filing cabinet



Sept. 1, 1959 1.. M. LARSEN PHONOGRAPH RECORD FILING CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 7, 1958 INVENTOR Leomao M. LARsEN BY ATTQRJIEY-,

P 1, 1959 L. M. LARSEN 2,902,327

PHONOGRAPH RECORD FILING CABINET I Filed Feb. 7, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 C FIG. 3.

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INVE NTOR LEONARD M. LARSEN.

ATTORNEY.

United States Patent Q PHONOGRAPH RECORD FILING CABINET Leonard Martin Larsen, Palo Alto, Calif.

Application February 7, 1958, Serial No. 713,928 2 Claims. (01. 312-13 This invention relates to filing cabinets and deals with a cabinet for filing phonograph records.

The principal object of the hereinafter described invention is to provide a filing cabinet for phonograph records wherein each record will not only be kept in an easily available position but will also be kept in a listed and a catalogued position.

Another object resides in the provision of a cabinet of the character described having means for storing phonograph records wherein said storage means is capable of being raised in the cabinet to provide easy access to the records.

A further object of this invention is the provision of means for raising said record storing means in the cabinet.

Other objects and advantages such as the type of construction used, the durability and the inexpensiveness of the construction, the workmanlike practicality of the construction for the purpose described, will become apparent as the description proceeds in conjunction with the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical section of my cabinet taken on line 11 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 is the same as Fig. 1 with the cover of the cabinet in opened position;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of my cabinet taken on line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 shows the configuration of one of the elements that go to make the record storing means; and

Fig. 5 shows another element that makes up the record storing means.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that my cabinet C comprises, in general, a bottom casing 11, having a cover 12 hinged thereon by a hinge 13. The material forming the cabinet may be of any suitable material such as wood, metal, or plastic and may be equipped with any suitable hinge such as a piano hinge, the only requirement being that it be suitably strong and of a workmanlike appearance. The size of the cabinet will depend on the size of the records to be accommodated.

Inside the cabinet I provide a board, or what may be generally called a shelf, 14 and pivotally mount the forward edge of the shelf on a pivot 15. To provide a suitable mounting for the forward edge of the shelf I supply a member 16 which is suitably and rotatably mounted on the pivot 15 and is of the proper material to furnish a means of attaching the shelf to the pivot. The opposite edge of the shelf is left free to swing up or down in the cabinet as will be shown.

For storing phonograph records in the cabinet, I use a plurality of preformed wires shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The wire, generally designated 17, shown in Fig. 4, is used at or near each end of the shelf and at selected intermediate points. A member 18 is mounted in a forward bend in the wire and held in place by welding or by any other suitable means, with the member 18 running substantially full length of the shelf. A similar member 19 is likewise suitably mounted in a rear bend in the wire 17. The

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members 18 and 19 preferably are wires of suitable strength and are spaced to engage the lower edge of records 20 and support them over the shelf. The wire 17 is mounted on the shelf by a screw 21 on the forward end and a clip 22 at the rear end thus providing a suitable mounting. Along the wires 18 and 19, I mount a series of other wires such as 23, shown in Fig. 5. These wires may take the same shape and configuration as the Wire 17 and may be attached to the wires 18 and 19 in any suitable manner such as by welding, soldering or interlocking. The wires 23 are spaced along the wires 18 and 19 to provide suitable spacing for records to be slidably mounted therebetween and when so mounted will appear as shown in Fig. 3.

The rear edge of the shelf 14 is raised and lowered in the cabinet to bring the records 20 up out of bottom part of the cabinet for easy access for handling or selection without disturbing any of the records in the cabinet. For a description of this construction, reference is had to Figs. 1 and 2. Here it will be seen that the rear edge of the shelf 14 is connected to the cover 12 by two pivotally connected levers 24 and 25. The lever 24 is pivotally connected to the rear edge of the shelf as shown at 26, and the lever 25 is pivotally connected to the cover as shown at 27. This arrangement will of itself, raise the rear edge of the shelf 14 in the cabinet as the cover is opened, but will not raise it sufficient for my purpose. Consequently I provide a third lever 28 which acts as a booster and gives an added lift to the rear edge of the shelf as the cover 12 is turned back on its hinge 13.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the lever 28 is pivotally connected to the lever 25 intermediate its ends at 29 while the other end of the lever 28 is slidably supported by a slot 30 on a fixed pin 31 in the wall of the bottom part of the cabinet 11. By properly proportioning the length of the levers 24, 25 and 28 and properly spacing the pivot points involved, this arrangement may be made to bring the lever 28 into contact with the upper edge 31 of the casing 11 as the cover is swung back on its hinges and act as a lever to give an added lift to the shelf 14 as the cover is opened further (see Fig. 2). The foregoing is peculiarly adapted to applicants purpose in that it may be designed to give an added boost of any amount desired to make the records available for any purpose.

Another feature of my invention resides in a means for identifying and/or cataloging the records in the cabinet. As shown in Fig. 3, this means consists of a plate 32, which is shown only fragmentarily but which in practice runs full length of the shelf 14 thereby covering the entire row of records. The plate in turn is swingably supported on a rod 33 carried on the upper ends of the members 17. On the plate I detachably mount a title sheet 34, which may be lined to coincide with the spacing of the records on the shelf beneath. As the rear edge of the shelf is raised or lowered the plate 32 is swung out over the top of the records as shown in Fig. 2, and maintains its position with respect to the record spacing thereby providing a title sheet for selecting the records. When the cover is closed the plate 32 falls into place as shown in Fig. 1.

Having shown and described a preferred form of my invention, what I claim as new is as follows:

1. In a cabinet having a hinged cover thereon, a shelf in the lower part of said cabinet, a plurality of wires on said shelf arranged to form a plurality of spaced parallel slots, each slot being adapted to receive a phonograph record and engage the same to hold it in a vertical posi tion so that as the rear edge of said shelf is raised the forward edges of said records engage the top edge of the lower part of said cabinet and are partially supported thereon, means for pivotally supporting the forward edge of said shelf on said cabinet, means for raising or lowering records at spaced points thereon and support the same when said shelfis in allowered position.

.2. :In a cabinet havinga-hinged cover thereon, a shelf in the lower part of said cabinet for supporting phonograph records, means for pivotally supporting the for- Ward edge of said shelf on said cabinet, a'pair of levers pivotally connected to each other at one-end of each of said levers, the other end of said levers being pivotally connected to said cover and the rear edgeof said shelf respectively, and a third lever having one end pivotally connected to an intermediate point of said lever pivotally connected to said cover and the other end slidably engaging a fixed point on the lower part of said cabinet so that as the cover is opened the third lever engages the top of the back wall of said cabinet and acts as a lever for transmitting force to raise the rear edge of said shelf.

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